[ID: A total of two tweets from Critical Role @.CriticalRole which together read: “Our musical adventures continue with our second official soundtrack album, Welcome to Wildemount! 🎶 Immerse yourself in tunes inspired by the rugged continent of Wildemount and the adventures of The Mighty Nein! Available now to purchase and stream. And for all you actual play streamers out there, feel free to use this music in your own adventures! All we ask is that you include a link to stream or purchase the album ❤️” The first tweet includes an image of the album cover art which features an intensely mountainous landscape. /end ID]
Read more about the album and where to find it »HERE«!
I really need to emphasize how gutting the camera shot in the arena of Liam in profile with Matt in the background, half of his face obscured behind him, while Caleb was just listening to the messages Trent had left him. It was so goddamn eerie, and it was phenomenal.
Thematically unhinged to make you feel like this was the devil on Caleb's shoulder, the voice in his head, everything he'd managed to move away from six or seven years ago, now given voice again by this horrible Solstice that Caleb couldn't prevent. They used it with most of the messages, as well as the "Let him come." They also later used it when Caleb told Beau to make sure Luc got out safe in the event of Caleb's death, in which Marisha leaned forward into the shot (I'm not even sure it was intentional on her part considering they had to really crane their necks to see the screen, but it was just timed so perfectly) to lean forward to tell him to shut the fuck up with that line of thinking—which made Caleb dropping later absolutely HEARTWRENCHING, and the Shapechange even more cinematic in the end. It was absolutely stunning from a narrative and production perspective, and I'm a little bummed none of it was kept for the broadcast (please, guys, release the director's cut).
I do not know who crewed that show but I would like to shake their hands, because between the camera work and the direction, it was fucking phenomenal.